Phillis Wheatley (frontispiece to "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral")

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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified Artist

Sitter

Phillis Wheatley, c. 1753 - 5 Dec 1784

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1773

Object number

NPG.77.2

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Book

Medium

Engraving on paper

Dimensions

Image: 12.8 x 10.1 cm (5 1/16 x 4")

Sheet: 17.6 x 12.8 cm (6 15/16 x 5 1/16")

Book (open to 90%): 18.4 × 19.7 cm (7 1/4 × 7 3/4")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Printed Material\Book

Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cap

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table\Writing table

Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill

Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Inkstand

Printed Material\Papers\Letter

Illustration

Book\Frontispiece

Phillis Wheatley: Female

Phillis Wheatley: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Poet

Phillis Wheatley: Law and Crime\Enslaved person

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4acefa7a6-6abc-4571-9304-39deb9738e64

Record ID

npg_NPG.77.2